About the Institute
The 2011 Institute has now passed, but you can still see the luncheon presentation below and order the full CLE homestudy.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:
This program will present a comprehensive analysis of legal issues ofconcern to nonprofit organizations. The program is intended primarily forattorneys. Key representatives of nonprofit organizations, includingboard members, executive directors, chief financial officers, accountants,and representatives of governmental agencies can also benefit.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
■ A Four-Subject Primer
■ Annual Tax Update
■ Governance/Best Practices
■ Employment Law – New Applications and Interpretations in Response to Changes in the Workplace
■ State and Local Tax Issues of Importance to Nonprofit Organizations and Their Donors
■ Innovative Educational Models To Meet Challenging Needs
■ Religious Organizations: Governance Structures and Unique Tax Issues
■ Religious Organizations: The Epic Confrontation Between the Anti-Discrimination Principle and the Association Principle
■ Religious Organizations: Child Abuse Reporting and Pastoral Confidences
■ Private Foundations: Rules, Restrictions and Opportunities
■ Developments at the Federal and State Level Affecting Exempt Health Care Organizations
■ Affordable Housing
As in recent years, this year’s Institute includes a Thursday afternoon primer designed to introduce practitioners to more general aspects of the laws governing the formation and operation of nonprofit organizations, applying for and maintaining tax-exempt status, the distinctions between public charities and private foundations, and charitable giving rules and techniques.
The morning of Friday’s all-day Advanced Program will focus in depth on four areas that are both timely and of long-standing interest – an annual update of recent federal and state tax law developments, a survey of various outside pressures that seek to impose increasingly rigorous standards on the administrative and governance practices of nonprofit organizations, emerging issues of employment law that affect nonprofit organizations, and the availability of state and local tax exemptions in a time of worsening governmental budget shortfalls.
The keynote luncheon speaker, a legislator, educator, and education policy advisor, will survey more recent initiatives and innovations that are emerging to address the challenges that confront public education.
Friday afternoon’s program will be divided into two tracks, each focusing on specific industries within the nonprofit sector. One track will explore the current legal challenges faced by health care institutions, affordable housing providers, and private foundations. The second track will concentrate on religious organizations, including a discussion of their diverse governance structures and practices, unique tax issues applicable to them, and the tension between antidiscrimination legislation and religious association, and the clergy’s dilemma regarding reporting child abuse.
